* No. 1 on Livres Hebdo Bestseller list
* Main Selection, Mystery Guild
* No. 1 on Booksense Bestseller List
* No. 10 on Publishers’ Weekly Bestseller List

“Perry’s characters are richly drawn and the plot satisfyingly serpentine.  However, the best element in this novel is Perry’s depiction of the excitement preceding and the butchery during the Battle of Bull Run, reminiscent of Thackeray’s unflinching portrait of Waterloo in Vanity Fair.  As
Hester uses her Crimean War nursing experience to aid the stricken soldiers, her feelings of revulsion and inadequacy are especially compelling.  A remarkable addition to the Perry canon.”   Booklist                                        
 “An impressive tale, well plotted and full of surprises.”  Historical Novels Review

“Perry breathes fire into her main characters… This is one of her best.”  Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette                                            

“[A] meticulously constructed series.”  New York Times Book Review

“This is one of her best.”  Chicago Tribune

“Hollywood is reading Slaves of Obsession by Anne Perry…  I hate to start her books because I don’t want to finish, because then I have to wait for the next one.”  King Features Synd.